Institute of Experimental Mineralogy
                 Russian Academy of Sciences
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             A.V. Chichagov  +7(496)52-22320

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ARMALCOLITE

8, at 7.51 GPa

MgTi(2)O(5)


Orthorhombic  B bmm  Z = 4

Bbmm

15 .10 .1901

Ref.Str.:

         Yang H, Hazen R.M. (1999)

         * Amer. Mineral., 84, 130-137

Reserv:

         In original - karrooite[4].

         All structure data from 0.0 GPa upto 7.5 GPa

         see in the original.   N.A.D.

                   Initial data from BDM-file 

   Lattice parameters (cub. angs.,degr.):

             a =   9.5754   alpha =   90.0 
             b =   9.8352   beta  =   90.0 
             c =   3.7029   gamma =   90.0 

    Unit cell volume (cub. angs.) =   348.72

    Molar volume ( cub.cm/mol.) =    52.51

  Co-ordinates, thermal parameters, occupation for atomic positions:

NoP   x/a     y/b     z/c    B(j)   atom  / occupation

   1 0.804   0.25    0.0      0.45   Mg    = 0.93, Ti    = 0.07
   2 0.1337  0.4334  0.0      0.42   Ti    = 0.96, Mg    = 0.04
   3 0.2215  0.25    0.0      0.65   O     = 1.00
   4 0.0467  0.8846  0.0      0.69   O     = 1.00
   5 0.3146  0.9379  0.0      0.5    O     = 1.00


  Co-ordinates for all atomic positions :

   No       NoP      x/a        y/b       z/c 

     1       1     0.804      0.25       0.0   
     2       2     0.1337     0.4334     0.0   
     3       3     0.2215     0.25       0.0   
     4       4     0.0467     0.8846     0.0   
     5       5     0.3146     0.9379     0.0   
     6       1     0.196      0.75       0.0   
     7       2     0.8663     0.5666     0.0   
     8       3     0.7785     0.75       0.0   
     9       4     0.9533     0.1154     0.0   
    10       5     0.6854     0.0621     0.0   
    11       2     0.1337     0.0666     0.0   
    12       4     0.0467     0.6154     0.0   
    13       5     0.3146     0.5621     0.0   
    14       2     0.8663     0.9334     0.0   
    15       4     0.9533     0.3846     0.0   
    16       5     0.6854     0.4379     0.0   
    17       1     0.696      0.75       0.5   
    18       2     0.3663     0.9334     0.5   
    19       3     0.2785     0.75       0.5   
    20       4     0.4533     0.3846     0.5   
    21       5     0.1854     0.4379     0.5   
    22       1     0.304      0.25       0.5   
    23       2     0.6337     0.0666     0.5   
    24       3     0.7215     0.25       0.5   
    25       4     0.5467     0.6154     0.5   
    26       5     0.8146     0.5621     0.5   
    27       2     0.3663     0.5666     0.5   
    28       4     0.4533     0.1154     0.5   
    29       5     0.1854     0.0621     0.5   
    30       2     0.6337     0.4334     0.5   
    31       4     0.5467     0.8846     0.5   
    32       5     0.8146     0.9379     0.5   


X-ray density (g/cm cub.)   =      3.81

MU (1/cm) =     414.795    Mass attenuation coefficient (cm**2/g) =    108.868

 Selected interatomic distances (cation-anion,anion-anion):

 NoP    Atom              Rad.sph.      C.N.    Distance     NoP N.
                           (angs.)               (angs.)

    1   Mg   ,Ti             2.568        6
                                                 1.9484       4
                                                 2.1691       5
                                                 1.9484       4
                                                 2.1691       5
                                                 2.0129       3
                                                 2.0129       3
    2   Ti   ,Mg             2.568        6
                                                 1.9901       3
                                                 1.9744       4
                                                 2.1454       5
                                                 1.7928       4
                                                 1.917        5
                                                 1.917        5
    3    O                   3.264       12
                                                 3.1964       5
                                                 2.8892       4
                                                 3.1964       5
                                                 2.8892       4
                                                 3.1791       4
                                                 3.1791       4
                                                 2.6387       5
                                                 2.6387       5
                                                 3.1791       4
                                                 3.1791       4
                                                 2.6387       5
                                                 2.6387       5
    4    O                   3.264       10
                                                 2.6183       5
                                                 2.8892       3
                                                 2.4398       4
                                                 2.6476       4
                                                 3.1791       3
                                                 3.1791       3
                                                 2.8704       5
                                                 2.8704       5
                                                 2.9397       5
                                                 2.9397       5
    5    O                   3.264       10
                                                 3.1964       3
                                                 2.6183       4
                                                 2.6387       3
                                                 2.6387       3
                                                 2.8704       4
                                                 2.8704       4
                                                 2.5398       5
                                                 2.5398       5
                                                 2.9397       4
                                                 2.9397       4

  X-ray diffraction powder data (II),  X-Ray W.L. =   1.54056(angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    S       LPG   MF        F          I int.
                    ( degree )                                         *100

    1   0   2   0  9.012  18.024   0.102   78.58    2       77.2      770.3
    2   2   0   0  9.258  18.517   0.104   74.34    2       70.0      598.9
    3   2   1   0 10.308  20.616   0.116   59.55    4       37.7      278.7
    4   1   0   1 12.887  25.775   0.145   37.35    4      141.5     2459.2
    5   2   2   0 12.976  25.952   0.146   36.81    4       25.6       79.3
    6   1   1   1 13.673  27.346   0.153   32.95    8        1.4        0.4
    7   1   2   1 15.816  31.631   0.177   24.14    8       34.1      184.2
    8   2   3   0 16.545  33.089   0.185   21.9     4      148.7     1591.6
    9   0   4   0 18.257  36.513   0.203   17.66    2        3.8        0.4
   10   3   0   1 18.579  37.158   0.207   16.99    4       75.0      314.4
   11   4   0   0 18.77   37.541   0.209   16.61    2       82.7      186.9
   12   1   3   1 18.902  37.805   0.21    16.36    8       54.1      315.3
   13   3   1   1 19.153  38.307   0.213   15.89    8       13.9       20.1
   14   4   1   0 19.34   38.679   0.215   15.55    4       31.1       49.6
   15   2   4   0 20.62   41.241   0.229   13.49    4       77.6      267.2
   16   3   2   1 20.795  41.591   0.23    13.23    8        5.5        2.6
   17   4   2   0 20.97   41.939   0.232   12.99    4       99.2      420.4
   18   1   4   1 22.616  45.233   0.25    10.96    8       28.0       56.5
   19   3   3   1 23.321  46.641   0.257   10.22    8       48.7      159.7
   20   4   3   0 23.48   46.96    0.259   10.07    4      104.8      363.7
   21   0   0   2 24.585  49.17    0.27     9.07    2      228.8      780.9
   22   2   5   0 25.047  50.093   0.275    8.69    4      110.6      350.0
   23   0   2   2 26.395  52.789   0.289    7.71    4       49.6       62.3
   24   2   0   2 26.492  52.983   0.29     7.65    4       46.8       55.1
   25   3   4   1 26.54   53.081   0.29     7.62    8       46.0      106.1
   26   4   4   0 26.685  53.37    0.292    7.52    4       17.2        7.3
   27   1   5   1 26.786  53.571   0.293    7.46    8       29.8       43.6
   28   5   0   1 26.925  53.85    0.294    7.37    4       32.9       26.3
   29   2   1   2 26.929  53.858   0.294    7.37    8       25.0       30.3
   30   5   1   1 27.358  54.716   0.298    7.11    8       37.9       67.1
   31   0   6   0 28.029  56.057   0.305    6.73    2      159.9      283.1
   32   2   2   2 28.214  56.428   0.307    6.63    8       18.6       15.0
   33   5   2   1 28.63   57.26    0.311    6.41    8       93.4      368.3
   34   6   0   0 28.859  57.719   0.313    6.3     2       55.7       32.2
   35   6   1   0 29.273  58.546   0.317    6.1     4       63.2       80.2
   36   2   6   0 29.781  59.563   0.322    5.87    4       50.6       49.5
   37   2   3   2 30.276  60.552   0.327    5.66    8      110.6      455.3
   38   3   5   1 30.32   60.641   0.328    5.64    8       71.0      187.0
   39   4   5   0 30.453  60.907   0.329    5.58    4       13.3        3.3
   40   6   2   0 30.494  60.987   0.329    5.57    4       29.1       15.5
   41   5   3   1 30.674  61.348   0.331    5.49    8      102.5      380.1
   42   1   6   1 31.343  62.685   0.338    5.24    8       64.2      141.9
   43   0   4   2 31.386  62.772   0.338    5.22    4        6.5        0.7
   44   4   0   2 31.733  63.465   0.341    5.1     4       65.8       72.7
   45   4   1   2 32.124  64.248   0.345    4.96    8       15.8        8.2
   46   6   3   0 32.467  64.934   0.348    4.85    4       74.3       88.0
   47   2   4   2 33.03   66.061   0.354    4.68    8       53.5       88.1
   48   4   2   2 33.284  66.567   0.356    4.6     8       74.2      166.8
   49   5   4   1 33.41   66.82    0.357    4.56    8       38.9       45.4
   50   3   6   1 34.593  69.186   0.369    4.24    8       64.8      117.4
   51   4   6   0 34.717  69.434   0.37     4.21    4       51.7       37.1
   52   2   7   0 34.844  69.689   0.371    4.18    4       50.5       35.0
   53   6   4   0 35.129  70.258   0.374    4.11    4        7.8        0.8
   54   4   3   2 35.173  70.346   0.374    4.1     8       76.6      158.5
   55   1   7   1 36.289  72.579   0.384    3.86    8       23.8       14.4
   56   2   5   2 36.41   72.821   0.385    3.83    8       82.7      172.5
   57   5   5   1 36.774  73.548   0.389    3.76    8       33.0       26.9
   58   7   0   1 36.891  73.783   0.39     3.74    4       44.9       24.8
   59   7   1   1 37.257  74.513   0.393    3.67    8       56.6       77.4
   60   4   4   2 37.748  75.495   0.397    3.59    8       13.7        4.4
   61   7   2   1 38.345  76.691   0.403    3.49    8       81.3      151.6
   62   6   5   0 38.428  76.857   0.403    3.48    4       56.0       35.8
   63   0   8   0 38.796  77.592   0.407    3.42    2       46.9       12.4
   64   0   6   2 38.875  77.75    0.407    3.41    4      123.4      170.6
   65   1   0   3 38.993  77.986   0.408    3.39    4       75.5       63.6
   66   1   1   3 39.352  78.704   0.412    3.34    8        0.1        0.0
   67   3   7   1 39.353  78.705   0.412    3.34    8       24.4       13.0
   68   4   7   0 39.471  78.942   0.413    3.32    4       10.9        1.3
   69   6   0   2 39.585  79.17    0.414    3.31    4       44.0       21.0
   70   6   1   2 39.942  79.885   0.417    3.26    8       50.9       55.6
   71   8   0   0 40.057  80.114   0.418    3.25    2       15.4        1.3
   72   7   3   1 40.139  80.278   0.418    3.24    8       42.7       38.8
   73   2   8   0 40.307  80.613   0.42     3.22    4        9.9        1.0
   74   2   6   2 40.385  80.769   0.421    3.21    8       39.2       32.4
   75   8   1   0 40.413  80.827   0.421    3.2     4        4.3        0.2
   76   1   2   3 40.423  80.847   0.421    3.2     8       21.7        9.9
   77   5   6   1 40.737  81.474   0.424    3.17    8       11.8        2.9
   78   4   5   2 40.975  81.949   0.426    3.14    8        9.0        1.7
   79   6   2   2 41.01   82.02    0.426    3.14    8       21.8        9.8
   80   8   2   0 41.478  82.957   0.43     3.09    4       50.3       25.7
   81   1   8   1 41.687  83.374   0.432    3.07    8       15.8        5.0
   82   3   0   3 41.998  83.995   0.434    3.04    4       55.1       30.3
   83   1   3   3 42.195  84.391   0.436    3.02    8       44.0       38.5
   84   6   6   0 42.348  84.696   0.437    3.01    4       34.7       11.9
   85   3   1   3 42.351  84.702   0.437    3.01    8       14.3        4.0
   86   7   4   1 42.62   85.239   0.44     2.98    8       23.4       10.7
   87   6   3   2 42.778  85.556   0.441    2.97    8       59.5       69.2
   88   8   3   0 43.243  86.487   0.445    2.94    4       21.0        4.2
   89   3   2   3 43.408  86.816   0.446    2.92    8        2.0        0.1
   90   1   4   3 44.66   89.32    0.456    2.85    8       13.2        3.2
   91   3   8   1 44.661  89.321   0.456    2.85    8       27.1       13.8
   92   4   8   0 44.777  89.553   0.457    2.84    4       88.3       72.8
   93   4   6   2 44.854  89.707   0.458    2.84    8       43.9       36.0
   94   2   7   2 44.973  89.946   0.459    2.83    8       40.5       30.5


  X-ray diffraction powder data (I)...X-Ray wave length =  1.54056 (angs.):

  No   H   K   L   Theta 2*Theta    d           I int   I int.n.  I p.h.n.   H(Si)
                    ( degree )   (angstrem)     *100                         *100

    1   0   2   0   9.012  18.024  4.9176       770.3     31.3     31.5     5.6
    2   2   0   0   9.258  18.517  4.7877       598.9     24.4     24.5     5.6
    3   2   1   0  10.308  20.616  4.30475      278.7     11.3     11.4     5.6
    4   1   0   1  12.887  25.775  3.45366     2459.2    100.0    100.0     5.6
    5   2   2   0  12.976  25.952  3.43042       79.3      3.2      3.2     5.6
    6   1   2   1  15.816  31.631  2.82628      184.2      7.5      7.5     5.6
    7   2   3   0  16.545  33.089  2.705       1591.6     64.7     64.3     5.6
    8   3   0   1  18.579  37.158  2.41762      314.4     12.8     12.7     5.7
    9   4   0   0  18.77   37.541  2.39385      186.9      7.6      7.5     5.7
   10   1   3   1  18.902  37.805  2.37772      315.3     12.8     12.7     5.7
   11   4   1   0  19.34   38.679  2.32594       49.6      2.0      2.0     5.7
   12   2   4   0  20.62   41.241  2.18722      267.2     10.9     10.7     5.7
   13   4   2   0  20.97   41.939  2.15237      420.4     17.1     16.9     5.7
   14   1   4   1  22.616  45.233  2.00303       56.5      2.3      2.3     5.7
   15   3   3   1  23.321  46.641  1.94576      159.7      6.5      6.4     5.7
   16   4   3   0  23.48   46.96   1.93331      363.7     14.8     14.5     5.7
   17   0   0   2  24.585  49.17   1.85145      780.9     31.8     31.0     5.7
   18   2   5   0  25.047  50.093  1.81946      350.0     14.2     13.9     5.7
   19   0   2   2  26.395  52.789  1.73271       62.3      2.5      2.5     5.8
   20   2   0   2  26.492  52.983  1.72683       55.1      2.2      2.2     5.8
   21   3   4   1  26.54   53.081  1.72389      106.1      4.3      4.2     5.8
   22   1   5   1  26.786  53.571  1.70925       43.6      1.8      1.7     5.8
   23   2   1   2  26.929  53.858  1.70081       56.6      2.3      2.2     5.8
   24   5   1   1  27.358  54.716  1.67616       67.1      2.7      2.6     5.8
   25   0   6   0  28.029  56.057  1.6392       283.1     11.5     11.2     5.8
   26   5   2   1  28.63   57.26   1.60759      368.3     15.0     14.5     5.8
   27   6   0   0  28.859  57.719  1.5959        32.2      1.3      1.3     5.8
   28   6   1   0  29.273  58.546  1.5753        80.2      3.3      3.2     5.8
   29   2   6   0  29.781  59.563  1.55082       49.5      2.0      1.9     5.8
   30   2   3   2  30.276  60.552  1.52784      455.3     18.5     17.8     5.8
   31   3   5   1  30.32   60.641  1.5258       187.0      7.6      7.3     5.8
   32   5   3   1  30.674  61.348  1.5099       380.1     15.5     14.9     5.8
   33   1   6   1  31.343  62.685  1.48087      141.9      5.8      5.5     5.8
   34   4   0   2  31.733  63.465  1.46453       72.7      3.0      2.8     5.9
   35   6   3   0  32.467  64.934  1.43492       88.0      3.6      3.4     5.9
   36   2   4   2  33.03   66.061  1.41314       88.1      3.6      3.4     5.9
   37   4   2   2  33.284  66.567  1.40361      166.8      6.8      6.5     5.9
   38   5   4   1  33.41   66.82   1.39891       45.4      1.8      1.8     5.9
   39   3   6   1  34.593  69.186  1.35674      117.4      4.8      4.5     5.9
   40   4   6   0  34.717  69.434  1.3525        37.1      1.5      1.4     5.9
   41   2   7   0  34.844  69.689  1.34817       35.0      1.4      1.4     5.9
   42   4   3   2  35.173  70.346  1.33718      158.5      6.4      6.1     5.9
   43   2   5   2  36.41   72.821  1.29772      172.5      7.0      6.6     6.0
   44   5   5   1  36.774  73.548  1.28667       26.9      1.1      1.0     6.0
   45   7   0   1  36.891  73.783  1.28316       24.8      1.0      1.0     6.0
   46   7   1   1  37.257  74.513  1.27237       77.4      3.1      3.0     6.0
   47   7   2   1  38.345  76.691  1.24159      151.6      6.2      5.8     6.0
   48   6   5   0  38.428  76.857  1.23932       35.8      1.5      1.4     6.0
   49   0   6   2  38.875  77.75   1.2273       170.6      6.9      6.5     6.0
   50   1   0   3  38.993  77.986  1.22417       63.6      2.6      2.4     6.0
   51   6   1   2  39.942  79.885  1.19978       55.6      2.3      2.1     6.0
   52   7   3   1  40.139  80.278  1.19489       38.8      1.6      1.5     6.0
   53   2   6   2  40.385  80.769  1.18886       32.6      1.3      1.2     6.1
   54   8   2   0  41.478  82.957  1.16297       25.7      1.0      1.0     6.1
   55   3   0   3  41.998  83.995  1.15122       30.3      1.2      1.1     6.1
   56   1   3   3  42.195  84.391  1.14683       38.5      1.6      1.4     6.1
   57   6   3   2  42.778  85.556  1.13417       69.2      2.8      2.6     6.1
   58   4   8   0  44.777  89.553  1.09361       72.8      3.0      2.7     6.2
   59   4   6   2  44.854  89.707  1.09213       36.0      1.5      1.3     6.2
   60   2   7   2  44.973  89.946  1.08985       30.5      1.2      1.1     6.2

Reference:
Chichagov A.V. et al.
Information-Calculating System on Crystal Structure Data of Minerals
(MINCRYST)
- Kristallographiya, v.35, n.3, 1990, p.610-616 (in Russian)